Attenuating F-1X Direct Out?

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Author Message gregbump Junior Username: gregbump Post Number: 15 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 12:37 pm:    I recall reading something here about a mod that can be made to attenuate the output level on the F-1X's direct out. My band recently switched sound boards, and now I'm overdriving my channel on the new board. I can dial the pre-amp volume back quite a bit to get a clean signal, but then my killer tone goes away I've searched the archive with no luck... does anyone have any info? I assume it's a simple voltage divider kind of thing, but I'd love to see a schematic. Thanks! Greg willgunn Junior Username: willgunn Post Number: 28 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 2:29 pm:    There are some off-the-shelf mic input attenuators available that will allow you to "pad down" the line-level XLR output on your F-1X without having to modify anything! One that I know of is the Hosa "ATT-448" ($29 MSRP), and has a switchable -20/-30/-40db attenuation capability. Shure made one also, but I'm not sure if it's still in production or not. mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 5747 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 2:41 pm:    I think this might be the modification you were looking for. hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 510 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 2:45 pm:    I use a Radial ProDI which has a 15dB pad. (Actually, I have an F-2B so I use the ProD2 which has two channels) gregbump Junior Username: gregbump Post Number: 16 Registered: 4-2005 Posted on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 12:26 pm:    Hey, thanks for the info guys!